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I'm not sure the British General Communications Headquarters could, by any stretch of a Trump supporter's feeble little mind, be called "a bunch of left wingers", any more than the FBI could, but I suppose that hasn't stopped any from doing so anyway...

I'm not sure the British General Communications Headquarters could, by any stretch of a Trump supporter's feeble little mind, be called "a bunch of left wingers", any more than the FBI could, but I suppose that hasn't stopped any from doing so anyway...

Show me some evidence.

The only evidence I've seen so far is that a random bank server in Russia sent a couple thousand DNS requests about the Trump organizations main mail server.

It's not like these connections haven't been drawn since Trump got elected, so at this point, 6 months later, when there's still no evidence and just a bunch of speculation, it's hard for me to process it as anything other than sour grapes and wishful thinking.

I guess we've vindicated Podesta and the DNC for rigging the primary already? Because that one was real, with hard evidence.

Really stupid. An engineer received a fine for practicing engineering without a (PE) license. He just did some studies and wanted to present his findings to the board. He ran no business doing this (he did it in his own time) and made no money off of it, so a PE license is not needed.

Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?

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Apr 28, 2017, 11:35 AM

Is this a good analogy?

A man who is a licenced doctor in India but not in the US moves to the US. He visits the county hospital for a routine checkup and notices that some of the nurses don't wash their hands. He writes a letter to the county medical board:

Hi, I'm a doctor in India, but not in the US. I noticed some nurses not washing their hands at the county hospital, which can cause diseases to spread. They should wash with soap and water and the hospital procedures should be reviewed to make sure everyone knows to wash their hands.

Should he be fined for illegally practicing medicine without a license?

A man who is a licenced doctor in India but not in the US moves to the US. He visits the county hospital for a routine checkup and notices that some of the nurses don't wash their hands. He writes a letter to the county medical board:

Should he be fined for illegally practicing medicine without a license?

It depends on how the licensing structure works.

I'm (perhaps incorrectly) assuming there's no real accreditation going on for a license which costs $75/year. It's for all intents and purposes a business license. It exists only for revenue generating purposes.

Part and parcel with this model are being nobs about it. No one will pay for the "license" unless they get dinged for non-compliance.

and thus do we discourage volunteerism in the community. Someone's nose was bent because he criticized their traffic light programming, OR because they intentionally programmed it badly to create a ticket situation. He did not misadvertise himself, commit resume fraud, etc, as he was never hired to do anything. Any public citizen has the right to observe their city and make suggestions.

Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?

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Apr 28, 2017, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by subego

I'm (perhaps incorrectly) assuming there's no real accreditation going on for a license which costs $75/year. It's for all intents and purposes a business license. It exists only for revenue generating purposes.

Getting the PE in the first place requires passing the FE exam post-bachelor's, 5 years of time in industry under a current PE, then passing the PE licensing exam. After that it has to be maintained, but it's not that easy in the first place.

Getting the PE in the first place requires passing the FE exam post-bachelor's, 5 years of time in industry under a current PE, then passing the PE licensing exam. After that it has to be maintained, but it's not that easy in the first place.

That's fair, and I honestly appreciate the clarification, but I was working off of a bunch of janitor jokes.

and thus do we discourage volunteerism in the community. Someone's nose was bent because he criticized their traffic light programming, OR because they intentionally programmed it badly to create a ticket situation. He did not misadvertise himself, commit resume fraud, etc, as he was never hired to do anything. Any public citizen has the right to observe their city and make suggestions.

I'm not trying to defend the idea, even with the clarification above, it still sounds like a racket to me.

A man who is a licenced doctor in India but not in the US moves to the US. He visits the county hospital for a routine checkup and notices that some of the nurses don't wash their hands. He writes a letter to the county medical board:

Should he be fined for illegally practicing medicine without a license?

I would think that in order to be "practicing medicine" you would be needing to do something only a doctor/RN can do - i.e. represent yourself to a patient as such or interact directly with a patient in that capacity. Anyone can complain about the nurses not following protocol.

I would draw another analogy to attorneys. Are you really practicing law if you complain that the State's attorney had an ex-parte conversation with the judge?

"Each exhibit pairs a Kemono Friend character with their real life counterpart. Grape-kun, a 20-year old penguin, literally fell in love with Hululu, who is a Humboldt Penguin character.

Japanese visitors noted that Grape-kun would spend every minute staring at, sitting next to, or praising Hululu as if she was a breathing mate. He was even neglecting the rest of his flock just to be with Hululu. The penguin was dedicated!"

You didn't see Bill bobbing and singing along, eyeing her like a creeper? There's no context to miss; it's both hilarious, for its cringe factor, and pathetic, implying that people who are trans, gay, or bi are willing to smash anyone or anything, just to get their rocks off. What a terrible message to send out to people in today's culture, where STDs are out of control.

"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr

Thats not the message at all. I don't know whether you're being deliberately obtuse to support your views or if this is a simultaneously damning and enlightening insight into whats desperately lacking in your understanding of other people and the world.

I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....

So childish.
The point was that sexuality is a spectrum (I think that was also a direct line in the song) and different people define themselves different ways and anyone can be anything and be into anything and thats ok.

Here is a track by The Offspring which contains the line "Beat all the N-words!"

I suppose you think the point of the this song is to encourage racist violence?

I agree the cringe factor was more about quality of the song and the performance. It didn't sound great. They should have done a pre-recorded music video instead.

I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....

The point was that sexuality is a spectrum (I think that was also a direct line in the song) and different people define themselves different ways and anyone can be anything and be into anything and thats ok.

That's where they've actually received some criticism: biological sexuality is not a spectrum. Except for anatomical defects, it's binary. Advocates for transgender-acceptance say that gender is a spectrum -- not sex.

Here's the question that invariably comes up in transgender discussions: when someone suffers from body integrity identity disorder, physicians are actually prohibited by law from removing the arm, leg, whatever that the patient feels "isn't a part of me."

Its my understanding that there are people nowadays who identify as what they call gender fluid. I guess thats something like saying both genders or perhaps neither. Maybe gender is quantum rather than binary.

I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....

You could, but they'd call it sexist. Now they're (erroneously) calling biological sex a spectrum. Hell, Bill Nye even pulled his 1990s episode where they explain how sex is determined by a person's chromosomes.